“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept”
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Interview with Girl Scout Magazine, 1970
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About Angela Davis
Scholar, activist, and freedom fighter whose work on prison abolition and Black feminism continues to shape liberation movements.
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This quote speaks to the pillar of Courage — the willingness to act, resist, and stand for something bigger than yourself. From the civil rights movement to today, Black voices have shown that courage is not the absence of fear but the decision to move forward anyway.
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